My daughter Sara witnessed the following scene in our local glatt market. A child of about two years old begged his Mommy for a lollipop. The mom replied “No you already had a lolly today.” His whine started small. “But please Mommy it’s kosher.” When that didn’t work his pleasepleaseplease grew louder and more insistent until finally he pulled out all the stops. “But Mommy I NEED a lolly!”
Sara tells me over this sweet story thinking that this is all it is a sweet story but nothing to a writer is only a sweet story. It’s a mashal an inspiration for a bigger piece the introduction to my next feature article…. Or maybe it’s just what I needed to hear right before writing this week’s bloc.
I think about all the prayers sent to Hashem with I NEED this or that tucked away inside the words insistent begging hoping that Hashem recognizes that this thing that I’m asking for well it’s not really a want it’s a need. Of course I say the required postscript — only if You believe this is what I really need — but who are we kidding? My prayers to Hashem are full of prayers that sound much like that little boy and his lolly.
And as my mind is flitting around thinking of all the different ways I could consider the true meaning behind a boy’s begging his Mommy for a lolly my mind rests on the assigned bloc for this week — for which I had not until this moment had a clue about what I would be writing.
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